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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairly sure this is a troll, but if not, you can't throw money at this.  The top students are naturally the brightest of the brightest and work hard.  No amount of tutoring will change that.[/quote]

Agree with this.  Your son either has "it" or he doesn't.  You can't tutor him into being at the top of the class.  Plus it is next to impossible to schedule tutors aroud the sports schedule and with the rotating class schedule.  One week you'd need math tutor on Mon (because the material taught in class Mon wil be on a quiz Tues).  The next week you'd need this tutor on Wed.  The following week it might be Fri.  Add in tutors for the rest of subjects and you'd lose your mind very quickly trying to even schedule help in 2 classes, let alone 5 or 6.  Plus no tutor is going to have read all the books for English or be able to anticpate all the questions that might be on a math test.  Plus all the math exams ask types of problems that have never been asked in the homework.  My son does great in homework and quizzes and struggles on the exams.  My husband (college math major) teaches him concepts and helps him work through problems at home.  As a result my kid does great on the quizzes and then struggles on the tests where all the problesms are mixed up in a new way.

Again, your kid has it or he doesn't.  You can't predict it until they're there. There are a few boys in each grade who are just incredibly bright.  They are the ones who rise to the top---they take the very top classes and do extremly well because they are just natually gifted students.   [/quote]

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